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Jeff Foster formally announced his retirement on Monday night. I watchedhim play in Blue-and-Gold for 13 seasons. Then I sat in on his retirementpress conference. Then watched him do one-on-one after one-on-one withlocal media. However, I don’t think I quite grasped what was happeninguntil I got the chance to talk to David West about him.

“He’s one of those guys, man, you know...rare,” West opened.

When West said that, my eyeballs clicked. It was a simple, but almostperfect way to sum up #10 for the Pacers. When taken as a whole, JeffFoster has carved out an incredibly rare career.

He played 13 seasons with one team in a league in which that’s virtuallyunheard of, even for stars. He’s displayed a savant’s ability at bothrebounding and getting under the skin of the opponent. Foster has seensome of the best days of this Pacer franchise. More impressively,however, he has lived through its darkest days and come out the otherside with his dignity and reputation in tact.

West went on, “Not a big statistical guy, in terms of, he’s not going outand playing for stats. He’s playing the game the right way in terms ofdoing what’s necessary to win games. One thing we always used to talkabout when we would scout against Pacers with him, is that you can’tunderestimate his impact. He’s not gonna be out there looking for hisstuff, but he’s going to be looking to make plays for the team.”

Jeff Foster is a guy who averaged fewer than 5 points per game over hiscareer and never averaged more than 7. Yet, all he did was make histeam better. In the summer of 2003, when the Pacers lost All-Star centerBrad Miller and got little in return, Foster took the starting job over. Hisquickness helped transform what was a slow-footed team, and he was nosmall contributor to the franchise-record 61-win season. For each of thepast five years, the team has performed better with him on the floor(according to BasketballValue.com).

Jeff is an easy guy not to “get.” I mentioned to West that my appreciationfor Foster came from watching him so much, but that opposing fans wouldoften dismiss him. He was the guy who had no offense, looked awkward,and couldn’t even hit lay ups.

“Yeah, but he’s destroying you,” West responded. “He’s beating on yourbigs. He’s wearing you down. He’s not out there playing the game forhimself. He’s giving it all for the team. That’s rare. You don’t find toomany guys like that around the NBA anymore. It’s become an ‘I’ League.An ‘I’...‘Me’ sorta league. For him to be able to stay around as long as hedid and be effective is a testament...CONTINUE READING AT 8p9s

Prokhorov Pontificates:

Nonsense rules of N B and A really bust my borscht. In mothercountry, when you want to own nickel mine you go to mine, findthe owner and shoot him then you say "Now I own nickel mine!"Apparently not true when try to own Magic Dwights. Tonightimportant time of vengeance for two years against the Indy ofApolis where we were dropped like baby on Odessa steps. Thistime we say "We want to own pace cars" and then we shoot pacecars. If team don't win, my GM Billy Jean King will make so.

Re: 3/28/2012 Game Thread #49: Pacers Vs. Nets

I haf major problem with your typing of the stereos. First and most, just because the Michael Dunleavy exfoliates the skin like baby's bottom not mean that he cannot make a hard hammer. His skin make change like Thing in the four fantastics. Next time, do not tell me Fesenko is not with team, I have seen the video images of his clothings in the areas of the Banking house of fields. And last word, you haf not the right to make quotes about the Russian grandmothers, who never use the tense of future, since it is inside of the past where we make living. Cold-winter-war out, *****es!

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Re: 3/28/2012 Game Thread #49: Pacers Vs. Nets

Prokhorov Pontificates:

Nonsense rules of N B and A really bust my borscht. In mother
country, when you want to own nickel mine you go to mine, find
the owner and shoot him then you say "Now I own nickel mine!"
Apparently not true when try to own Magic Dwights. Tonight
important time of vengeance for two years against the Indy of
Apolis where we were dropped like baby on Odessa steps. This
time we say "We want to own pace cars" and then we shoot pace
cars. If team don't win, my GM Billy Jean King will make so.

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Create an ignore list. I know it may seem unneighborly. But you're here to talk about the Pacers, not argue with someone who's just looking for an argument. Most of the regular users on here make use (at least occasionally) of the "Ignore" feature. Just go to "Settings" -> "Edit Ignore List" and add the names.